Last week I talked about how we are immune to recognising overweight in both ourselves and others. But this isn’t true for our leader and Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. I think he meant to shock when he said he was ‘too fat’. He is one of the majority. He is not only overweight but clinically […]
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Obesity kills 82 people a day, and Coronavirus killed 9 people out of 66.6m the day before yesterday (according to fullfact.org). Obesity is actually listed as the direct cause in these deaths, but there are even more deaths where obesity was the driving force which led to another condition. We know obesity is a common
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Vaccine ‘won’t work’ on bulky Britons (Times article) If you ‘ve been waiting for a vaccine until you can get on with your life, feeling safe from catching Covid, and you’re overweight, it won’t work for you. This is really important to understand because being a healthy weight really matters for you and your family’s
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Hi First, sorry for my radio silence last week. I was actually really unwell. So, that happens even to people who watch their diets very closely, eat a lot of healthy stuff and minimise the unhelpful stuff. Lesson learned. You can have too much of a good thing. In my case it was raw vegetables!
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Will the new NHS diet work? Did you notice the announcement for the “life-changing” NHS’ “soup and shakes” weight loss plan? — It is aimed at the 5,000 patients across the UK with Type 2 diabetes (who have double the risk of dying from Covid 19). Has the NHS finally taken on board the idea
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Did you see ‘Lose a stone in 21 days’ on Channel 4? — Dr Michael Mosely, former GP and science journalist carried out a weight loss experiment with five participants having himself lost nine kgs after a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes eight years ago. Since lockdown, we have spent an extra £19m on biscuits
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Are overweight men at higher risk than women for coronavirus? LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — New research is showing that coronavirus has proven to be deadlier among overweight men than healthy weight men. “The way that men deposit fat and the type of fat that they deposit and the way it deposits in their body is
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“Food firms must be part of obesity fight.” Actually – you may have just switched off or even tried to ignore it – but these experts in the Times do agree (on one thing at least!) that food firms must be part of the obesity fight. Everyone knows the rates of coronavirus will increase as
The UK is now the fattest Nation in Continental Europe. Two thirds of Brits are either overweight or obese. I am not saying if you are one of the two thirds that you are a bad person. In fact, quite the opposite. I am the same person inside as I was when I was overweight.
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We now understand Boris’s strategy is in fact the increase in surgical intervention to cure obesity. The Prime Minister has lost a stone and five pounds since his intensive care stay, no doubt highly motivated after his health scare and wishing to set a good example. The Telegraph article quotes Professor Francesco Rubino, Chair of
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Sunday Times’ India Knight says, ‘Target minds not stomachs to beat obesity’ India Knight is someone who confesses to having struggled with her own weight. In her Sunday Times column this week she describes the measures as outlined by the government such as a ban on supermarket promotions of junk food and removal of chocolate
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I am sure you have all seen the news on the potentially deadly risks of being overweight amid the Covid outbreak, which is thankfully coming under control it seems. According to the Covid Symptom Study app, of the people admitted to ICU with COVID-19 in the UK, 73% were overweight or obese, and research in
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